SKARLIS AND KINKADE
FINISH NINTH IN MASTERS WALLEYE CIRCUIT OPENER AT ILLINOIS RIVER IN SPRING VALLEY, IL.  MARCH 28TH AND 29TH. 1998

 1997 REIGNING MWC TEAM OF THE YEAR CONTINUED THEIR STREAK OF CONSISTENCY BY ACQUIRING THEIR FIFTH TOP NINE FINSH IN 6 EVENTS AND START OUT 1998 WITH A GOOD JUMP OUT OF THE GATE FOR THE TEAM OF THE YEAR POINTS RACE. 

PREFISHING WAS TOUGH TO SAY THE LEAST, WITH WATER LEVELS TWO TO THREE, FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND THE COLOR OF CHOCOLATE MILK, COMBINED WITH NIGHTLY THUNDERSTORMS AND DROPPING WATER, THE FISH WERE FINICKY AND AT MOST TIMES SEEMINGLY NON-EXSITENT. 

SKARLIS AND  KINKADE HAD ONLY FIVE BITES IN THREE DAYS OF PRE-FISHING AND THE PAIR NEVER BOATED A FISH, BUT DUE TO PAST EXPIERIENCE (HAVING FISHED FIVE YEARS IN A ROW ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER MWC EVENTS) THE DUO FELT THAT IF THEY STUCK IT OUT BELOW THE DAM AND FISHED AROUND PLUM ISLAND(WHERE THE WATER STARTS TO CLEAR UP FIRST) THEY MIGHT MANAGE TO BOAT TWO OR THREE FISH PER DAY AND SALVAGE SOME POINTS. 

LUCKILY, THE WATER CLEARED UP FASTER AND DROPPED QUICKER THAN EXPECTED.  ACCORDING TO KINKADE AND SKARLIS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THE FISH, WHICH WERE CHANGING AS FAST AS THE WATER WAS. 

THE FIRST DAY THE PAIR CAUGHT THEIR FISH BY CASTING 1\4TH OZ AND 1\8TH OZ LINDY FUZZY GRUBS TIPPED WITH MINNOWS AND 3\16TH JIG HEADS DRESSED WITH POWERBAITS INTO THE SHALLOWS(RIGHT AGAINST THE BANK) AND WORKING THE BAITS OUT INTO DEEP WATER(8 FEET) 

THE SECOND DAY VISIBILITY OF THE WATER HAD 

DOUBLED FROM FOUR INCHES ON THE DAY BEFORE TO ABOUT EIGHT INCHES, AND THE FIS14 MOVEDRROM THE SHALLOWS 

INTO ABOUT I I FEET OF WATER.  AD-TUSTRNG QUICKLY, 

E SWITCHED TO 1\4TH AND 3\STHS OZ 

THEY ALSO CAUGHT SOME KEY FISH ON A PROTO-TYPE JIG AND BODY COMBO ITIAT SKARLIS AND FRIEND GLENN MARSHALL DESIGNED FOR LINDY AND SHOULD BE ON THE MARKET SOME TIME NEXT YEAR. 

SKARLIS AND E FISHED WITH ABU-GARCIA MORRUM 

WITH BERKLEY TRILENE XT SOLAR 4LB TEST LINE.  THE TIRN
TAPER, LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH MODULES GRAPHITE OF THE
MORRLTM RODS CREATED LESS WIND RESISTANCE, MORE
COMFORT, AND GREATER SENSITIVITY THAN STANDARD
FISHING RODS, IN THE I-EGH WINDS THAT THE TEAM
EXPERIENCED DURING THE TOURNAMENT.  THE XT SOLAR MONOFILAAMNT'S IH-VIZ PROPERTIES ALLOVvrED THE ANGLERS TO DETECT EVEN THE LIGHTEST OF 131TES BY WATCHING FOR SUBTLE TWITCHES IN THE LINE.  AS ALWAYS, THEY "J-UICED" THEIR BAITS WITH BERKLEY POWER BAIT LIQLJID ATTRACTANT. 

THE TEAM CAUGHT 8 LEGA-LS IM FIRST DAY FOR A FIVE FISH TOTAL WEIGHT OF 8.75 L13S AND TWELVE LE- GALS THE SECOND DAY WITH THE BEST FIVE WEIGHING 7.85 LBS FOR A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 16.60 LBS. 

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH nffi WALLEYES, INC.  WEBSITE.  TOMMY SKARLIS WILL COMPETE IN THE PWT WALLEYE SUPER PRO 

EVENT ON LAKE STOCKTON, STOCKTON, MO ON THE 17TH, 18TH & 19TH OF APRIL AND E AND SKARLIS WILL COMPETE 

IN THE MWC EVENT ON BIG STONE LAKE IN ORTONVIILLE, MN ON THE 16TH & 17TH OF MAY. 

SKARLIS AND
FUZZY GRUBS.
 
 
 
 
 

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